2. StereolabEmperor Tomato Ketchup

When my mother painted she would put on French chanson, Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, and Maurice Chevalier and really traditional 20s and 30s recordings, so I grew up with a lot of French singing in the house. ‘Cybele’s Reverie’ was the first thing I heard on the radio, and it felt very maternal, in a way, because it was like my mother’s music. That song became my personality for, like, a whole year. I had the 10” of it on my mantelpiece and would play my grade three violin over the top of it. I was considering Mars Audiac Quintet, but that feels more beautiful, and this feels more jazz, so actually, this album could be my mother and my father in one album. I return to it, and it still brings me a lot of joy. It makes me feel very innocent to life and discovering music for the first time.